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Cannon (Carolina Reapers Book 5) Kindle Edition

by Samantha Whiskey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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Book 5 of 10: Carolina Reapers

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I’m the fastest and most feared skater in the NHL. With a temper like mine, I can’t afford to make mistakes. But one insane night in Vegas, and I wake up married to the biggest mistake of all: Persephone VanDoren—the head of our team’s charitable foundation. Sure, the petite blonde is sweet enough to give the entire state of South Carolina a toothache, but I’ve never been one for the debutantes. She’s everything I’ve fought against my whole life—wealthy, perfect, gorgeous, and her sharp little tongue presses every single one of my buttons. Our fights are almost as electric as our chemistry and there is no denying the tension sizzling between us. But I’m a monster with a dark past that will ruin a princess like her. She needs this marriage to appear real. And I need to remember it’s fake. Because the longer we stay hitched, the more I want to be her forever. The whole world views me as her personal Hades, but I’ll go to war with both our demons to save her happily ever after.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0851SDCVC
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Samantha Whiskey (February 20, 2020)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 20, 2020
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1526 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 307 pages

Best Sellers Rank: #12,983 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #114 in Sports Fiction (Books)
- #125 in Sports Fiction (Kindle Store)
- #3,435 in Contemporary Romance (Kindle Store)

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Samantha Whiskey is a Top 10 Amazon Bestselling Author. She's also a wife, mom, lover of her dogs and romance novels. No stranger to hockey, hot alpha males, and a high dose of awkwardness, she tucks herself away to write books her PTA will never know about.

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brinna

pleasantly surprise I liked this

Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2024

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Was so surprised how much I lied this book, perfect amount of spice and story line. The plot was very different than all the other hockey romance books.

Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2024

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So I read this book first out of all of the authors many many books and forgot how much I loved it. I recently read Axel the first of this series and I cannot explain how much better this book is and while the first of the series was good as well, this book was top tier. Definitely recommend and love Cannon and Persephone’s storyline the best out of the books I’ve read by Samantha Whiskey so far

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Tiny but mighty

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2023

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I love Persephone she is a strong and independent woman who can hold her own and earn her worth even if she came from more money than imaginable. I'm glad that she has a kind heart and saw through Cannon's walls cause they are positively adorable

Reviewed in the United States on April 23, 2022

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Cannons backstory is very emotional, brought tears to my eyes. His dad was very physically abusive, Cannon took the brunt of it to protect his mom and sister. After his dad killed their mom by hitting her with their car, Cannon and his sister were put in foster care.

Persephone, on the other hand, grew up very privileged. Stuffy country clubs, overpriveleged friends who were out of touch with the world around them and a sister who was hell bent on being pampered. Persephone works for the Reapers and takes care of the Charitable end of the organization.

Persephone and Cannon meet when she literally falls into him and when they first lock eyes the beginning of their volatile relationship takes over and for the next 2 years she is the only person in his life that never backs down from him.

Now they wake up in Vegas and discover they are married and now the fun begins. There are so many funny times, sad times and times you want to shake Cannon to make him realize he is truly worthy of being loved.

One of the funniest scenes is toward the end after the real wedding.

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Jennifer J.

Cannon and Persephone

Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2022

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Cannon has been the dark, intriguing mystery since book 1 in this series. And for the past 2 books in the series his and Persephone’s relationship has been teased in the background. It was well worth the wait. I couldn’t help but fall in love with Cannon, and the way Persephone loved him through everything, through every time he tried to push her away, through every glare and every harsh word. She was the perfect match for Cannon. The light to his dark, and the most humble heiress with a heart of gold.

After a crazy night in Vegas Cannon and Persephone end up married. Persephone asks Cannon to stay married to her to make her mother happy because she’s dying. They lay down some ground rules, such as not falling in love, no sex, and exclusivity.

Cannon and Persephone have harbored feelings for each other for two years so when Persephone moves in and they start to get to know each other better their chemistry ignites. But Cannon isn’t just a broken hero, he is absolutely tortured. Cannon tries to push her away countless times because he doesn’t think he’s good enough for her and doesn’t want the demons of his childhood to touch her, but Persephone is persistent. Persephone works to make Cannon see he is deserving of love and he’s the only man she wants.

I loved the Hades and Persephone theme throughout the book. I also loved Cannon’s relationship included normal activities like reading in bed together. It added a level of attraction between them that made their feelings for each other very believable. I loved everything about this book and I wasn’t ready for it to end.

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Kiara Yaeger

Loved this story!

Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023

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I'm not usually a sports romance fan, but I may be converted now! This was a beautiful story, and I will definitely be reading the others in this series!

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2020

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This is my favorite of the series so far! This author is so talented. The phrase “a way with words” is very underestimated. The story flowed beautifully and I couldn’t put this down. Cannon frustrated me to no end but Sephie more than makes up for it. If you want a strong, brave heroine it’s this one here. There something to be said for a woman who says “I love you” first and doesn’t expect anything in return. She just wants to love him and wants him to really hear those words.

Great Series!

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Gillek2

Persephone and Cannon!

Reviewed in the United States on February 22, 2020

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Persephone is the perfect combination of sweet, sassy and southern and is so much more than the privileged background she comes from. When she finds herself winning Cannon and a trip to Las Vegas at the auction she arranged she never expected that they would return to town married.

Cannon is a successful hockey player whose past has ensured that he doesn’t allow many people close but those he does he protects with everything he has. Waking up married to Persephone is an error in judgment they plan on erasing but when circumstances put that on hold but they both realize that what started as a mistake could be the best thing to ever happen to them.

These two couldn’t be more different or more perfect together. Cannon has a painful past that must be overcome but Persephone is just the woman to help him and the chemistry and connection between them is intense.

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ShelleyB

My favourite BIG so far!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 16, 2024

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There was a lot of build up to this book and it did not disappoint! I love Cannon and Persephone!

InuYasha

"Loving you is as easy as breathing"

Reviewed in Germany on December 2, 2021

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What a nice surprise! Cannon is the alpha-tattooed hockey player and Persephone is the petite-yet-fierce charity Manager for the team. They seem an odd couple and thanks to a Las Vegas wedding they are together.
Great humour, good developed side characters, sad background story and multi layer main characters. I loved Cannon's philosophy match with Michael...
I'll definitely continue to the rest of the books in the series.

Jillian MacLean

Another Fabulous Hockey Romance

Reviewed in Canada on February 22, 2020

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*Sigh* Another great book by Samantha Whiskey. For those of you who are new to her work, prepare yourselves for a story filled with love, laughter, and impressive depth. For long time fans, know that this book delivers at the highest level of Ms. Whiskey’s considerable skill.

I have said it before, but there is something so immersive about Ms. Whiskey’s writing style. Through her descriptive prose, I really felt for the characters. I got drawn into their joy, their pain, their uncertainty... All of the wide array of their emotions. Their thoughts and feelings were so well fleshed out that I would challenge anyone not to experience a deep empathy for where they are coming from. Cannon’s early years, in particular—though far different from my own—were so well described that I felt like I was able to catch a glimpse of what that life must have been like, as well as how it would have shaped him into the man he became.

I love how this story alternates between the hero and the heroine’s perspectives. I enjoyed getting to experience the evolution of Cannon and Persephone’s relationship from both of their perspectives. I don’t know about you, but I always feel like there is something a little lacking in a romance that only offers one character’s perspective. Being female, I tend to relate more to the female perspective, but I just love reading how the hero comes to cherish and admire the heroine. The love and high regard he holds her in is just so delicious to read.

A story about two people waking up in Vegas, surprised to discover that they are married, is nothing new; what is new is the way this particular story unfolds. I don’t want to give too much away, so I will just say that Cannon and Persephone are both great characters. Their backstories make them feel real and raw, but also powerful and empathetic. It’s hard not to want to see them find their happily ever after.

I really enjoyed this book. Other than a few typos (which I understand might have been addressed after ARC feedback came in), I think it was about as good as it could be. I believe it could stand on it’s own and be enjoyed without having read the earlier books in the series, but I confess I think I liked it even more due to my familiarity with the supporting characters. As such, if you can, why not start from the beginning and read all of the Carolina Reapers’ novels? Prolong and deepen the enjoyment, I say. :-)

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Love Cannon and Persephone

Reviewed in Australia on March 7, 2020

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I have always liked Cannon. He is such a big growly bear with a soft centre. He is protective and caring of those he loves. It was sad to hear how tough his life was. Persephone is tiny but badass and just exactly what Cannon needed. He deserved the love and light she brought into his life.

Always love caching up with the Reaper world. Looking forward to the next book.

Glenda Fowlow

Study in Contrasts

Reviewed in Canada on April 14, 2020

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Cannon and Persephone are so different! Can they manage to stay in their marriage for the long haul or will they go their separate ways?

Ms. Whiskey writes a believable story keeping the characters grounded despite their unusual circumstances. I particularly found Cannon’s history interesting and I needed to assure myself they could have their HEA.

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